CATEGORY: October 2009
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN A Q&A SESSION WITH INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS
MR. RYAN: The next question relates to — comes from Mr. Ali, and thank you for the question. How do we intend to deal with all of the millions of people who will enter? And I’d like Lori Healey to answer that question, please. MS. HEALEY: Thank you. And thank you for the question. We are very fortunate, as evidenced by the presence of the President and the First Lady here today to... [Read more]
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY TO THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
MRS. OBAMA: President Rogge, ladies and gentlemen, Mesdames et Messieurs of the International Olympic Committee: I am honored to be here. I was born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, not far from where the Games would open and close. Ours was a neighborhood of working families — families with modest homes and strong values. Sports were what brought our community together. They strengthen... [Read more]
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER RETURNING FROM COPENHAGEN
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. One of the things that I think is most valuable about sports is that you can play a great game and still not win. And so although I wish that we had come back with better news from Copenhagen, I could not be prouder of my hometown of Chicago, the volunteers who were involved, Mayor Daley, the delegation and the American people for the extraordinary bid that... [Read more]
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT A FUNDRAISER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Please, have a seat. You don’t want to follow Brian Schweitzer as a general rule, but I am grateful for the outstanding work he’s doing in Montana and his extraordinary leadership of DGA. And I want to thank as well the Vice Chair, a great friend in Maryland, an outstanding... [Read more]
